Sundance News: "Chicago 10" Disappoints; Dakota Fanning's "Hounddog" Violating Child Pornography Laws? "Crazy Love" Causes Bidding War
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Since the Sundance Film Festival started two days ago, three films have already drawn extra media attention. "Chicago 10," Brett Morgen's highly anticipated follow-up to "The Kid Stays in the Picture," disappointed critics; "Hounddog," starring Dakota Fanning, might face a child pornography violation; and "Crazy Love," with its wild and disturbing love story, generated a bidding war between indie distributors. What will the rest of the week bring? Back to Article
Since the Sundance Film Festival started two days ago, three films have already drawn extra media attention. "Chicago 10," Brett Morgen's highly anticipated follow-up to "The Kid Stays in the Picture," disappointed critics; "Hounddog," starring Dakota Fanning, might face a child pornography violation; and "Crazy Love," with its wild and disturbing love story, generated a bidding war between indie distributors. What will the rest of the week bring? Back to Article
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on Jan 28 2007 08:33 PM In reply to this comment (#853519) Ah, but on "different STROKES" Arnold and his lil buddy were molested by a bike shop owner who gave them candy. I dont care how mature and professional Dakota is, its just wrong. Its bad enough you cant shield your kids from graphic sex, but to be a child playing a part where your being raped is uneacceptable. At least for me. Its sickening. (Reply to this) |
on Jan 28 2007 10:35 PM In reply to this comment (#853598) Every post you've written has just dug you into a hole. You cannot even argue reasonbly. "I knew a priest that was a accused of a little scumbag like you..." seriously, save it for someone who cares. Every argument you've made has sounded like repressed hostility. Tell me, were you molested as a child? Because all I keep hearing about is the Catholic Church, everyone being a bigot, and other pieces of crap that have nothing to do with the general discussion. Well, with that rant over, here' s my opinion. Truthfully, on one side, it was Dakota Fanning's choice to do this scene, and really, if Laura Bush is so worried about one actor, then why aren't they trying to stop REAL child molestation? However, I seriously don't agree with a twelve year old doing a rape-scene. It may not show anything, but still, it really makes me sick to stomach to think of that. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 07 2007 01:53 PM In reply to this comment (#853541) Big Brother? You're diving into a subject that has caused debate for many throughout centuries. When is old enough old enough? In 1843, a 13-year old girl named Isabel II was crowned the queen of Spain. Her subjects had thought she was going to be this sweet and docile leader who treated her kingdom with compassion and understanding. However, she turned out to be a tyrant. Nonetheless, her subjects took her seriously in spite of the fact that she was crowned the queen a year before Spanish law allowed her to be so. Back in 1990s, a 12-year old boy was elected as mayor to a small town in Texas. In 1913 or 1914, a group of Serbian conspirators murdered Archduke Ferdinand and his pregnant wife Sofia of Austria-Hungary. The reason they were not sentenced to death when they were caught was because most of them were under 20 years old, which was the minimum age one could be put to death in Austria-Hungary. Because of this conversative idealism, the angry people of Austria-Hungary waged war against the Serbians and then practically the whole world got involved in it in the form of World War I. My grandfather fought in that war. Recently our United States Supreme Court ruled that nobody under 18 years of age could be sentenced to death in our country. However, numerous political interest groups continue to challenge this ruling inasmuch as we are finding that 12, 13, 14, and 15-year olds are much more violent than they were in 1957. Sue Lyon was not old enough to see herself in the 1962 "Lolita". Yet that film was a major box office hit. If you're talking against a 6-year old child being placed in a controversial scene of this nature, you're not going to get much of a debate. However, our nation sees girls as young as Dakota Fanning put their sex lives on exhibition just about every day on the Maury Povich show. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 03 2007 12:22 AM In reply to this comment (#853526) You need a reality check. 12 year olds are drinking, smoking and having sex. You can blame it on moral decay, uncaring parents, Madeline Murray Ohare or a myriad of other choices but that is the reality. There is no longer the moral compass that we grew up on to guide young people today. In school they are told they are no different than the animals so just do whatever feels good with whom ever you want. Try it all. So I don't think you can place moral standards on people that don't have them any longer. We are a post Christian society and that is what gave you the laws and standards you are screaming about. Welcome to the brave new world. When God gets tired of this I would suggest you duck. (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 12 2007 06:00 AM What? We can show kids of all ages getting killed and even butchered but we can't show a situation that happens too often in real life? We can even support sending soldiers, teen age boys, to the mideast to kill women and children (collateral damage) but can't let a 12 year old girl act out a real life situation that she certainly understands is acting, not real. How did we get our morals so screwed up? (Reply to this) |
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